Pulseaudio and M-Audio Fast Track problem. (SOLVED)

[Aleph]

Hi friends,

I did a second installation of LXDE on my desktop computer. This one is the last one, the 2012.12.

It seems to be more responsive and fast: Congrats Daniel for the fine work!!

Only to issues about this installation:

- The internet connection seems to be a few seconds more late than the other one, first the red icon  and after the green one... (strange) -Posted at the networking threat-

- And more important: I installed pulseaudio for run my M-Audio Fast track.

In the old LXDE installation I turn on the M-Audio and the system recognize automatically the sound card.
In the new one installation NO. I have to turn ON the card before run PCLinuxOS, them the system recognize the card. That angers me, (I am a musician...)

The "pulse" libreries are the same at synaptic for both computers (17 libraries)

Any solution?


Thanks.

[Just17]

If you boot with the device turned off, and after the OS has settled, turn on the device, then do

dmesg

in a terminal, the last number of lines should tell what is happening on the switch on of the device and if it is being recognised.

If you post those lines, someone might have a suggestion for a fix.

[Aleph]

If you boot with the device turned off, and after the OS has settled, turn on the device, then do

dmesg

in a terminal, the last number of lines should tell what is happening on the switch on of the device and if it is being recognised.

If you post those lines, someone might have a suggestion for a fix.

Hi Just17,

Here are:

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tg3 0000:0b:00.0: irq 66 for MSI/MSI-X
ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
tg3 0000:0b:00.0: eth0: Link is up at 100 Mbps, full duplex
tg3 0000:0b:00.0: eth0: Flow control is on for TX and on for RX
ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready
NET: Registered protocol family 17
eth0: no IPv6 routers present
usb 3-2: new full-speed USB device number 2 using uhci_hcd
usb 3-2: New USB device found, idVendor=0763, idProduct=2012
usb 3-2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0
usb 3-2: Product: FastTrack Pro
usb 3-2: Manufacturer: M-Audio
usb-audio: Fast Track Pro switching to config #2
usb-audio: Fast Track Pro config OK


[Just17]

Do you have PulseAudio Volume Control (pavucontrol) installed?

If so, when inserted does the device appear on any of the PA Vol Ctrl tabs? ---  be sure to enable ALL devices on each tab.

****

what is the output of

lsmod  | grep -i snd-usb_audio

Just confirm it is loaded.

****

There appears to be a known bug related to this device .....  I am not sure if the bug is in Alsa or PulseAudio.

Although the system recognises the device, in a lot of cases there is no entry in PA Vol Ctrl for it.

Others apparently have been able to use output but not input.

***

What kernel version are you using?

uname -r

in a terminal

A slim chance that a kernel change might help ....  slim I would imagine.

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Try this please

1.  boot without the device attached
2.  do the following command as root (with no USB audio devices attached)

rmmod snd_usb_audio

3. Plug in the device and check if it is available now.

[Aleph]

Hi Just17,

I did but does not work

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Do you have PulseAudio Volume Control (pavucontrol) installed?

Yes, pavucontrol is intalled

If so, when inserted does the device appear on any of the PA Vol Ctrl tabs?

No, only if I turn on the device before bootup

---  be sure to enable ALL devices on each tab.

Yes they are enabled.

****

what is the output of

lsmod  | grep -i snd-usb_audio

Nothing   



Just confirm it is loaded.

****

There appears to be a known bug related to this device .....  I am not sure if the bug is in Alsa or PulseAudio.

Although the system recognises the device, in a lot of cases there is no entry in PA Vol Ctrl for it.

Others apparently have been able to use output but not input.

Yes, now in the same machine is working for my old PCLOS LXDE installation, kernel 2.6.38

***

What kernel version are you using?

uname -r

3.2.18-pclos2.bfs

in a terminal

A slim chance that a kernel change might help ....  slim I would imagine.

?

***

Try this please

1.  boot without the device attached
2.  do the following command as root (with no USB audio devices attached)

rmmod snd_usb_audio

3. Plug in the device and check if it is available now.

No

[Just17]

Sorry a typo on my part .....

what is the output of

lsmod  | grep -i snd-usb_audio

Should have been

lsmod  | grep -i snd_usb_audio



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What kernel version are you using?
3.2.18-pclos2.bfs

You could try installing the older kernel to see if it helps ....  as you say it worked on a previous installation.

kernel 2.6.38

I would try it .....  you can have multiple kernels installed without issue ......  if the old one does not work for you, you can boot into the 3.2.8 and uninstall the older one again if you wish.

Do not try to uninstall a kernel you are using 

[Aleph]

lsmod  | grep -i snd_usb_audio

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lsmod  | grep -i snd_usb_audio
snd_usb_audio          76138  1
snd_usbmidi_lib        15760  1 snd_usb_audio
snd_hwdep               4844  2 snd_usb_audio,snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm                60282  4 snd_usb_audio,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd                    43879  22 snd_usb_audio,snd_hda_codec_idt,snd_usbmidi_lib,snd_rawmidi,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_mixer_oss
usbcore               122231  7 snd_usb_audio,snd_usbmidi_lib,uhci_hcd,ohci_hcd,ehci_hcd,usbhid


[Aleph]

Hi Just17,

yes, with the old kernel 2.6.38.8-pclos3.bfs works!!!

Then, should I stay with this kernel?

[scoundrel]

Hi Just17,

yes, with the old kernel 2.6.38.8-pclos3.bfs works!!!

Then, should I stay with this kernel?

if things work..do not change kernels.

[Aleph]

Hi Just17,

yes, with the old kernel 2.6.38.8-pclos3.bfs works!!!

Then, should I stay with this kernel?

if things work..do not change kernels.

Ok, then I'll stay 

Now I'd like improve the internet connection...

http://www.pclinuxos.com/forum/index.php/topic,114745.0.html


Thanks!!!

[Just17]

Glad it worked out for you ......  probably something essential to your device was omitted from the newer kernel build.

It is always useful to have options 

[Aleph]

Glad it worked out for you ......  probably something essential to your device was omitted from the newer kernel build.

It is always useful to have options 

Thanks Just17!!!